Re: HP Printers
- From: Alienjones <Alienjones@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2008 10:18:37 +1000
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| On Tue, 15 Apr 2008 18:36:49 +1000, Alienjones
| <Alienjones@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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|> Talker wrote:
|> | On Sun, 13 Apr 2008 15:17:55 +0100, BoilerBill <Me@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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|> |> Just in case anyone else is thinking of getting a new A3 printer, this
|> |> is the final result of my buying a Photosmart Pro B8350 and having a
|> |> major run round by their 'help desk' jocks
|> |>
|> |> Has anyone else hit this problem with them and have they found a
|> |> driver which will work with this printer?
|> |>
|> |
|> | This probably isn't what's happening in your particular
|> | situation, but Iknow when I have a problem I can't solve, I'll try
|> | anything.
|> | I had my HP printer connected to my computer for a year or so and
|> | I added an Epson. Both printers were USB connect, and I had the
|> | latest drivers. When I tried to print with the Epson from PhotoShop,
|> | I got all kinds of weird happenings. Sometimes it would print, but
|> | mostly it would lockup my computer or I'd get error messages.
|> | I called Epson support and they told me that you can't have two
|> | printers connected via USB on the same computer. My Epson had a
|> | firewire connect also, so I switched it to firewire and the Epson
|> | worked perfectly.
|> | I have since removed the original Epson and added a new Epson
|> | printer that prints on CDs/DVDs, and it's connected via USB.....the
|> | same as my HP is, only now, the HP is connected to a rear USB port and
|> | the Epson is connected to a front USB port. They both work fine now.
|> | I've been told since then that I shouldn't have any problems with
|> | trying to connect two printers via USB to the same computer, but I did
|> | have problems, so maybe try removing one printer and see what happens
|> | if you try and print with the HP.
|> |
|> | Talker
|> |
|>
|> Epson's advise is total rubbish. The phone jocks type your question in
|> to a database and quote you a canned response. 73% success rate at
|> getting the right response is pretty poor stuff, if you ask me.
|>
|> I have 2, HP wide format printers (a designjet 130 and a z2400), plus a
|> HP C5280 scanner/copier, a Minolta 7300 digital laser and a Small Dye
|> sublimation printer all on USB ports on my PC.
|>
|> Photoshop doesn't always like me choosing other than the default printer
|> at the time of print but never has it behaved badly enough to crash the
|> system. I share the laser on my network.
|>
|> I frequently see the laser start to print whilst a print is in progress
|> on an inkjet without problems. Occasionally I burn DVDs whilst printing
|> without hic ups either. No rocket science. Just a PC working properly...
|> Why?
|>
|> Because it was purpose built for the task. The Dell I replaced wouldn't
|> print to the chosen printer with any reliability and crashed Photoshop
|> and Bridge whenever I saved a file... Ant you never knew which would
crash!
|>
|> The Dell cost $2.500 the custom built workstation I now use cost almost
|> twice that but It's worth every penny. I think most of these reported
|> printer problems are flaky RAM or cheap crud motherboards. Often junk
|> display cards will interfere with printers too.
|
| I thought it sounded strange too, but the fact is, what he said
| worked. All I did was remove the printer from the USB port and
| connect it to the firewire port and it worked perfectly.
| I only buy the top of the line computers when I buy. When I
| bought this system, it was the best Dell had to offer....a 3.06 Ghz
| Pentium 4. I ordered it loaded up to the max with RDRAM, I included
| an ATI Radeon Pro 9700 card, dual hard drives, a Santa Cruz Turtle
| Beach sound card, and an 18 inch LCD monitor, which I didn't like so
| I'm still using my trusty 21 inch Trinitron monitor.(I don't like LCD
| monitors.)
|
| Talker
Firewire is absolutely a stronger interface than USB. I had major
trouble with an Epson scanner and only overcame the problem by using
firewire instead of USB.
USB is a Microsoft invention. You'd think they could get it right...
Until you see the mess they made of the last two operating systems they
brought out. My Dell had a flaky motherboard - So the technician who
bought it off me said after he sold me a custom built PC.
I have to say... I'm surprised at the difference. I never really thought
a technician working under his house could build a better, more reliable
PC than a Multi-National company's top of the range item they sell to
Government departments. He did and my hat goes off the him.
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